The latest installment in the Brownfields Cleanup Program (BCP) eligibility saga involves a recent October 2008 case from the Supreme Court in New York County, East River Realty Company, LLC v. NYSDEC, __ N.Y.S.2d ___, 2008 WL 4694535 (Sup.Ct. New York Cty. 2008),...
Month: December 2008
Recent Decisions from the New York State Supreme Court on Brownfield Cleanup Program Eligibility- Part II
In following our previous post concerning judicial review of DEC decisions to deny proposed developments entry into the Brownfield Cleanup Program, we discuss the New York County Supreme Court decision of HLP Properties, LLC v. New York State Department of...
Recent Decisions from the New York State Supreme Court on Brownfield Cleanup Program Eligibility-Part I
As noted in our previous post, in passing the recent Brownfield Cleanup Program Reform Legislation, the legislature did not amend the program's eligibility requirements. As previously discussed, NYSDEC has narrowly construed the Act's eligibility provisions and New...
